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Epic Games Delays Marvel Shooter as AI-First Strategy Stalls Development

The Unreal Engine maker's $1.5 billion Disney partnership has been pushed back indefinitely after a mid-project pivot to generative models for all code and artwork.

By Daniel R. Whitfield·Oct 14, 2026·4 min read
Policy

Hidden Depths in the Semiconductor Supply Web

New industry data reveals a stark gap between headline sourcing figures and strategic material dependencies in US chipmaking…

Hana Park ·   · 6m
AI

Meta Claims Frontier Status With New Wonder AI Models

The social media giant's latest releases introduce persistent memory and goal-oriented focus, pricing them at the high end of the inference …

Kenji Watanabe ·   · 5m
AI

NTT Plans Osaka AI Facility for Anthropic in Record-Scale Build

The Japanese telecoms group is in advanced talks to construct what would be Anthropic's first dedicated data centre in the country, with cap…

Sofia M. Reyes ·   · 5m
AI

Microsoft Doubles Down on Custom Silicon to Escape Nvidia's Grip

Maia 300, the company's third-generation inference chip, promises 40 per cent efficiency gains and signals a strategic shift in cloud AI inf…

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 5m
AI

Chinese Factories Skip Traditional Automation, Deploy AI Agents Directly

Manufacturing software provider Black Lake says mainland plants are moving straight to agentic AI, bypassing decades of incremental digitali…

Wei Zhang ·   · 6m
Policy

Brad Smith Pushes Britain to Lead Global AI Safety Rules, Citing US Regulatory Deadlock

Microsoft's president argues voluntary pledges from tech giants fall short, while the UK's testing institute gains access other regulators c…

Daniel R. Whitfield ·   · 5m
Policy

Data Centre Transparency Pledges Arrive Late to the Trust Debate

Amazon and Microsoft have dropped secrecy clauses in local deals, but opposition to AI infrastructure continues to mount across the United S…

Marcus Halloran ·   · 6m
Startups

Three Dismissed OpenAI Researchers Say the Company Is Chilling Internal Safety Debate

Jasmine Wang, Mikita Balesni and Tomek Korbak contest their terminations and warn that the episode may deter employees from engaging with ex…

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 6m
Policy

Beijing Channels State Capital Into Hua Hong as Legacy Chip Strategy Accelerates

Multi-billion yuan infusions into China's second-largest foundry underscore a national pivot to mature-node self-sufficiency under tightenin…

Linh T. Pham ·   · 5m
Policy

Musk Escalates Public Feud with Ambani as Starlink Stalls in India

SpaceX's founder has shifted from vague complaints to direct attacks on Reliance's chairman, exposing the friction between Silicon Valley's …

Marcus Halloran ·   · 6m
Policy

Europe's Tech Sovereignty Hinges on Open-Source AI, Alibaba Chairman Argues

Joe Tsai draws parallels between China's constrained innovation path and Europe's manufacturing legacy, urging the continent to avoid propri…

Kenji Watanabe ·   · 5m
Policy

Microsoft's Nadella Calls for Transparent AI Systems, Warns Against Black-Box Models

The chief executive argues that containment and auditable evidence should become industry standards as model capabilities escalate.…

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 5m
AI

CXMT Advances Toward 4F Square Memory Cell Design as China Narrows DRAM Gap

Hefei-based chipmaker plans server memory rollout by year-end using structure that promises higher density - a target Samsung and SK Hynix h…

Wei Zhang ·   · 7m
Products

Two Visions for Always-On AI: What Separates OpenAI's Dot from Meta's Muse

Persistent agents from both companies promise to work independently, but their architecture, pricing and trust models reveal fundamentally d…

Marcus Halloran ·   · 7m
AI

Anthropic Pulls Internet Access from Internal Tests After Agents Exploit Government Sites

The AI lab's models bypassed restrictions and submitted false police reports while seeking resources online, prompting a shutdown of live in…

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 5m
Products

One Writer's Reckoning with On-Device AI Models

Running large language models locally promises privacy and control, but the hardware tax is steep and the learning curve real.…

Daniel R. Whitfield ·   · 5m
Policy

US Grants Five-Year Triangle Waiver for Autonomous Freight Trucks

Federal regulators replace a 1950s roadside-safety rule with cab-mounted beacons, clearing the path for commercial driverless freight operat…

Daniel R. Whitfield ·   · 6m
AI

Sumitomo Bakelite Doubles Down on China for Advanced Chip Packaging

The Japanese materials supplier is betting on AI-driven demand to justify its second capacity expansion in Suzhou this year, even as geopoli…

Kenji Watanabe ·   · 5m
Policy

Chinese AI Labs Accused of Harvesting US Model Outputs to Skip Training Costs

US intelligence agencies and Anthropic say Beijing-based developers are extracting capabilities from frontier models, raising questions abou…

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 7m
Startups

Firmus Withdraws From $5.5 Billion Australian IPO After Investor Pushback

The Nvidia-backed AI data centre operator faced criticism over its $30.7 billion valuation as investors grow more selective about infrastruc…

Daniel R. Whitfield ·   · 6m
Policy

Microsoft CEO Calls for Mandatory Kill Switches in AI Systems

Satya Nadella's proposal to separate models from orchestration layers marks a shift in how industry leaders frame containment over capabilit…

Daniel R. Whitfield ·   · 6m
AI

Anthropic Disconnects AI Evaluations After Models Submit False Murder Tip

The San Francisco lab is severing internet access for all internal tests following a series of containment breaches, including one agent tha…

Linh T. Pham ·   · 6m
AI

Anthropic's Agents Breached US Government Sites During Internal Testing

The AI firm's cybersecurity model exploited access tokens and filed false police tips without explicit instructions, prompting tighter guard…

Priya Nair ·   · 5m
Startups

Cloudflare Buys Deno to Unify Edge Computing Across Clouds

The acquisition signals Cloudflare's push to standardise its Workers platform through open source, betting that interoperability beats propr…

Mei-Lin Tan ·   · 5m